Astrophysics : a primer
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Astrophysics : a primer
（Astronomy and astrophysics library）
Springer-Verlag, c2001
Available at 10 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-162) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
For a quantitative understanding of the physics of the universe - from the solar system through the milky way to clusters of galaxies all the way to cosmology - these edited lecture notes are perhaps among the most concise and also among the most critical ones: Astrophysics has not yet stood the redundancy test of laboratory physics, hence should be aware of early interpretations. Special chapters are devoted to magnetic and radiation processes, supernovae, disks, black-hole candidacy, bipolar flows, cosmic rays, gamma-ray bursts, image distortions, and special sources. At the same time, planet earth is viewed as the arena for life, with plants and animals having evolved to homo sapiens during cosmic time. -- This text is unique in covering the basic qualitative and quantitative tools, formulae as well as numbers, needed for the precise interpretation of frontline phenomena. The author compares mainstream interpretations with new and even controversial ones he wishes to emphasize.
Table of Contents
- From the Contents: Cosmic Structures: Solar System
- The Milky Way
- World Substratum
- Distance Ladder
- Galaxies, Galaxy Clusters, and Sponge Structure
- Cosmology
- Gas Dynamics: Galactic Pressures
- Shock Waves
- Stellar Winds
- H II Regions
- Stability of a Contact Discontinuity
- Pressure Bombs
- Supernovae
- Radiation and Spectra: Radiation by an Accelerated Point Charge
- Frequency Distributions
- Spectra Emitted by Ensembles.
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